PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) announced plans to introduce legislation to prohibit municipalities from receiving Act 13 drilling impact fees if they set more protective standards on the development of natural gas than required in state or federal law and while a challenge to local restrictions is being litigated. In May 2024, Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 26, 2024

Speakers from several public health, community advocacy and environmental groups will participate in a September 19 webinar -- A Year Later: Have Leaders Addressed Health Concerns From Natural Gas Development Raised In University Of Pittsburgh Public Health Studies? Shapiro's deal with natural gas developer CNX Resources.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Both permits are associated with CNX Resource Corporation's Slickville Pipeline Project, which proposes to build a natural gas pipeline and a shale gas wastewater pipeline along a 13.9 CNX Gas has approximately 1,365 entries for notices of violation, consent orders, and civil penalties in the last 10 years. mile route.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

On February 26, the Independent Fiscal Office reported 2023 Pennsylvania natural gas production was up 1.0% The average Pennsylvania spot price for natural gas was $1.69, a decrease of $2.85 (-62.8%) from the prior year. Low natural gas prices throughout the year were driven by high inventory levels and mild weather.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

On September 19, Utility Dive reported the North American Electric Reliability Corp issued a statement that it "remains concerned about maintaining sufficient natural gas supplies to address extreme winter conditions." and grid operators and the natural gas sector say they are preparing, said Utility Dive. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Brantley has published more than 300 scientific papers aimed at understanding what controls the chemistry of natural water and how water interacts with the rocks through which it flows. Her recent work has focused on environmental impacts related to the use of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in natural gas and oil extraction.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The Susquehanna River Basin Commission published notice in the September 21 PA Bulletin the Executive Director gave his approval to or renewed 24 general water use permits in August for individual shale gas well drilling pads in Bradford, Cameron, Clearfield, Clinton, Lycoming, Susquehanna, Tioga and Wyoming counties. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 31, 2024

On January 26, 2024, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a notice of violation to Equitrans Midstream for abandoning and not plugging 19 conventional gas wells at the Swarts Natural Gas Storage Field in Greene County. Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas In 2022 In November 2022, Equitrans Midstream Corp.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

On February 26, 2024, DEP notified CNX Midstream Operating Company LLC that its application for the Slickville fracking wastewater and natural gas pipelines project is considered withdrawn because CNX failed to provide the information needed to complete the application within 60 days and start its review. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

On September 5, the Independent Fiscal Office reported second quarter natural gas production in Pennsylvania dropped to its lowest level since the third quarter of 2020. Drillers have likely cut back in response to very low average [natural gas] prices and high [gas] inventory levels," the report says.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 26, 2024

On March 26, the Commonwealth Financing Authority approved $1,001,434 in funding for two projects to extend natural gas pipelines to serve business parks and existing manufacturing and industrial enterprises under the Pipeline Investment Program. This project will provide natural gas to Jeffers Farms, Inc.,

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 16, 2024

Following the conclusion of fire and rescue activities, safety engineers worked with other state and local agencies who also responded to the incident – including the Allegheny County Fire Marshal, the Department of Environmental Protection, Peoples Natural Gas (Peoples Gas) and other entities involved in the response to this incident.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2024

Camera Bartolotta (R-Washington) circulated a cosponsor memo announcing she plans to introduce legislation to eliminate the ability of citizens, local governments and anyone else to appeal permits issued by DEP for natural gas pipelines and related facilities to the Environmental Hearing Board. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line, LLC v.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

PJM Interconnection staff presentation slides for a February 8 meeting of the Operating Committee showed natural gas-fired power plants accounted for over half the forced outages of generating capacity during Winter Storm Gerri that occurred from January 14 to 22. Texas experienced a 22% decline.

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Environmental Law Reporter

APRIL 2, 2024

Liquefied Natural Gas Imports & Exports Rachel Jean-Baptiste Tue, 04/02/2024 - 08:07 Volume 54 Issue 4

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 30 PA Bulletin inviting comment on a Chapter 105/Section 401 Water Quality Certification for a portion of the NFG Midstream Covington, LLC 16-inch natural gas pipeline in Tioga County. ( The deadline for comments is January 29, 2024.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

On September 12, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission approved water withdrawal requests-- including eight for shale gas development for a total of 23 in 2024. The SRBC also issued a total of 188 General Permits for individual water uses by shale gas well pads in 2024. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 16, 2024

Conservative Operations PJM also said it will remain in Conservative Operations through January 17 to maintain electric grid reliability as a result of winter weather impacts and pipeline fuel restrictions reported by natural gas pipeline operators.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 13, 2024

The PA Commission for the US Semiquincentennial (America250PA), in partnership with Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful , EQT Corporation natural gas drilling and pipeline company and the Department of Transportation, announced the eight recipients of its 2024 National Pennsylvania Day Mini Grants.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 14, 2024

On August 14, CNX Resources issued a press release announcing the preliminary results of air emissions monitoring at 14 sites it said "indicate that CNX natural gas development poses no public health risk." Eleven of the sites were monitored for as little as just four weeks up to 24 weeks or less.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2024

MW-day cost for delivery in the 2024/2025 auction. Approximately 6,600 MW of generation have retired across the PJM footprint or have must-offer exceptions (signaling intent to retire) compared with the generators that offered in the 2024/2025 Base Residual Auction (BRA). reserve margin for the 2024/2025 Delivery Year.

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MGKF Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

2024), the Ninth Circuit was tasked with determining whether the City of Berkeley’s attempt to prohibit the use of natural gas pipelines in new buildings through a local ordinance conflicted with the federal Energy Policy and Conservation Act (“EPCA”), 42 U.S.C. § In California Restaurant Association v.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

On September 18, Senators Steven Santasiero (D-Bucks) and Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester), Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, announced they were introducing legislation to increase setback safety zones from shale natural gas drilling sites based on the latest science. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

On February 21, the PJM Interconnection and three other regional electric grid operators made a series of 14 recommendations to overcome vulnerabilities in natural gas infrastructure operations to improve electric grid reliability and gas-electric coordination, especially during adverse weather conditions.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 17, 2024

2024 Polar Vortex The hearing comes during the middle of another winter polar vortex with cold temperatures causing the PJM Interconnection to issue a Cold Weather Advisory through Jan. The Marcellus Drilling News reported January 16 US natural gas prices made a “huge jump” on deep freeze, some shale gas prices increased by 400%.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 17, 2024

The CEO of Chevron bragged about the company’s record profits and fossil fuel production levels, saying: “In 2023, we returned more cash to shareholders and produced more oil and natural gas than any year in the company’s history.”

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2024

In 2024, the average cost to plug wells under the initial Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Grant was just over $105,000. Visit DEP’s Rewriting Pennsylvania’s Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Legacy webpage for more information on this program. Age, depth and location all contribute to rising costs to plug a well.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

On September 21, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation released its final report on Winter Storm Elliott in December saying major improvements are needed in the cold-weather reliability of natural gas systems. Please get that done.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The Susquehanna River Basin Commission published notice in the October 26 PA Bulletin the Executive Director gave his approval to or renewed 20 general water use permits in September for individual shale gas well drilling pads in Bradford, Clearfield, Lycoming, Sullivan, and Susquehanna counties. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

23–24 resulted in the loss of more than 25% of PJM’s generation fleet-- 70% natural gas-fired generation-- raised a number of questions about generation resource performance. While PJM and its members were able to maintain reliable electricity service during the storm, Elliott’s record temperature drops on Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2024

On January 18, the Department of Environmental Protection presented the final version of technical guidance on using trenchless technology to construct natural gas, other pipelines and underground utilities to the DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee. 1; Will It Address Natural Gas Infrastructure Vulnerabilities ?

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

On February 1, the Public Utility Commission voted to seek public comment on a proposed settlement concerning events that resulted in the over-pressurization of the Peoples Natural Gas distribution system serving the community of Robinson, Indiana County, that caused a wide range of damage to utility and customer equipment.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 27, 2024

“Utilizing waste heat from natural gas engine and LNG cold energy to meet heat-electric-cold demands of carbon capture and storage for ship decarbonization: Design, optimization and 4E analysis.” Zhu, Y., & Jing, H. ” Journal of Cleaner Production, 446, 141359.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 24 PA Bulletin the final technical guidance on using trenchless technology to construct natural gas, other pipelines and underground utilities is now available and effective. A copy of the related Comment and Response Document is also available.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the July 27 PA Bulletin that it is requiring any facility operating under a temporary Title V Air Quality Plan Approval for more than 12 months to submit an application for a Title V Air Quality permit on or before November 25, 2024. Posted: July 26, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 26, 2024

On June 26, the Independent Fiscal Office issued a report on the latest projections of revenue from the Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fee showing another drop in calendar 2024 revenue to from $165 million to $170 million-- a nearly $114 million decrease from 2023. The least revenue collected from this fee was $146.3

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2023

One of the most significant changes is "enhance resource accreditation" that would more accurately assess the reliability value of natural gas-fired power plants which accounted for 70% of the power plant outages in PJM during Winter Storm Elliot.

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